Five Eyes concept. United Kingdom – United States of America Agreement. Elements of this image furnished by NASA. 3D rendering. Published by Spyscape, 14 July 2025 Five Eyes spies gather and analyze intelligence at RAF Wyton to share worldwide in 'truly dangerous times'. An unexpected hub of global espionage lies
Australia hosts the US’s Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap (codename Rainfall) run by the CIA, NSA and Australia’s ASD, located just outside of Alice Springs in Australia’s central desert. Pine Gap hosts the NSA’s XKeyScore surveillance facility used to monitor military, diplomatic, economic communications in countries ranging from the Pacific
New Zealand’s Waihopai satellite interception station is operated by the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) in the Waihopai Valley in New Zealand’s South Island. (Photo: Nicky Hager) By Murray Horton, Published by Covert Action Magazine, 24 August 2024 The news that the Waihopai spy base was going to be built
Five Eyes concept. Image: Istock By Nicky Hager, Published by Pearls and Irritations, 18 August 2024 A recent intelligence controversy in New Zealand is a telling lesson about how little influence junior parties like New Zealand and Australia have over allied intelligence operations. The issue was raised in an excellent
New Zealand’s Government Communications Security Bureau facility in Waihopai. (Schutz, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0) By Mick Hall, Published by Consortium News, 25 March 2024 New Zealand’s public should be deeply concerned over revelations its security state facilitated a suspected U.S. intelligence operation capable of supporting military actions for nearly
By Matthew Hampson, Published by Stuff, 17 February 2023 Protesters will descend on a spy base in rural Marlborough this weekend, a site made famous by its now deflated domes that once intercepted satellite communications. Organised by Anti-Bases Campaign (ABC), a press release issued by the group said the “peaceful
By Brian Toohey, Published by Community99, 15 April 2022 Developments at the U.S.-Australian satellite intelligence base at Pine Gap near Alice Springs give the United States an unprecedented ability to detect Chinese spacecraft from space and potentially destroy them. Previously, detection was mainly based on ground-based radars, which are no longer seen as suitable for identifying
By Nicky Hager, Published by Declassified Australia, 28 February 2022 A ‘morally conflicted’ spying operation on Pacific nations sees Australia and New Zealand running a covert interception and surveillance program against our Pacific island friends. A spying network of satellite surveillance hubs and on-the-ground listening stations is being used by
